arbitrarily
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arbitrarily (comparative more arbitrarily, superlative most arbitrarily)
- In an arbitrary manner.
- Antonym: unarbitrarily
- The winner was chosen arbitrarily.
- 1966 February, Robert Schrek, ““Hairy” Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and “Flagellated” Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes”, in Blood, volume 27, number 2, page 199:
- Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
- 1970 January 24, “Administration's Recommended Policy on Satellite Communication”, in The New York Times:
- The number or classes or potential offerers of satellite services should not be arbitrarily.
- To an arbitrary degree.
- an arbitrarily large number
Translations
in an arbitrary manner
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to an arbitrary degree
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